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Titterstone Clee Hill (Folklore by Rhiannon)

The Dog. Mrs Pembro, of Bridgnorth, remembers her mother telling her a story about Titterstone Clee. Her mother was born on Titterstone Clee and one day, when she was a child of about eight or nine,...

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Duddo Five Stones (Folklore by Rhiannon)

An alternative explanation of the grooves... So far as I can make out, for I have been unable to refer to the original, Hollinshed in his Chronicle came to the conclusion that these stones were erected...

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Devil's Quoit (Sampson) (Folklore by Rhiannon)

Pembrokeshire - in common with several other districts in Great Britain and Ireland - possesses a good phantom coach legend, localised in the southern part of the county, at a place where four roads...

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Bellever (Folklore by Rhiannon)

There is one institution connected with Dartmoor that must not be passed over - Bellever Day. When hare-hunting is over in the low country, then, some week or two after Easter, the packs that surround...

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Craigiehowe (Folklore by Rhiannon)

... Craigshowe cave was at length reached. Some recent visitors assured us that the cave had no end, and that they had been told that it took a turn and came out at Loch Lundy on the other side of the...

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Tomnahurich (Folklore by Rhiannon)

Below Craid Phadrie is the detached hill called Tomnahurich, or the Watchman's Hill, some of the fields adjoining being called Balliefearie, or the Watchman's Town, and which, besides being thus a...

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Castell Dinas Bran (Folklore by Rhiannon)

With Easter, the Feast of the Resurrection, the period of abstinence and self-denial is brought to an end. The interrupted pleasures of life are taken up once more, this time in the pleasant setting of...

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Vatten (Folklore by Rhiannon)

It is unclear why the two cairns were built together, but local folklore provides its own interpretations. One tale is that one of the mounds is the burial place of a great chief who owned the...

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Musbury Castle (Miscellaneous by Rhiannon)

Haven't found a story. But this is quite cool:Remains of what were undoubtedly British trackways connecting Musbury with Hochsdon and Membury and also with more distant camps, no fewer than twelve of...

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Cradle Stone (Folklore by Rhiannon)

The Cradle Stone. Serving as a link with the distant past, and once known to every boy and girl in Crieff, the Cradle Stone lies on the south-east shoulder of the Knock. This massive stone, believed to...

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The Tibblestone (Folklore by Rhiannon)

Local gardener finds ancient landmark. Mystified by the appearance of a stone pillar protruding slightly through the earth as he was preparing a new layout for the lawn in front of the premises, Mr...

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Duncarnock (Folklore by Rhiannon)

About one mile south of the town of Barrhead is Duncarnock Hill which was once the site of an Iron Age fort. The hill, which is nearly 700 feet high and precipitous on three sides, is shrouded in...

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Duncarnock: Historic Environment Scotland

Description of the monument.

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Thetford Castle (Folklore by Rhiannon)

How Thetford Got Its Hill. It requires no inventive novelist to provide Thetford and its neighbourhood with ghostly company. According to legend indeed, this spot early made its acquaintance with...

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Wick Barrow (Folklore by Rhiannon)

A comeback to ward off the gremlins. (Story: Neil Churchman)Read More

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Wimble Toot (Folklore by Rhiannon)

Babcary Tout or Wimble Toot. A question with regard to the traditional battle of Babcary was asked [in this newspaper] in February 1934 by a reader, who said it was believed that a battle was fought in...

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Arran: Excavations of Cursus at Tormore (News by Rhiannon)

Archaeologists have been excavating the recently-discovered 1.1km long cursus on the island of Arran. The article in The Scotsman shows the Lidar scans that alerted them to the parallel mounds (now...

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Barrow Hill, Higham Marshes: ResearchGate

You can see a picture of the Porosphaera beads (mentioned above by Gladman) in this article by Christopher Duffin: 'Herbert Toms (1874–1940), Witch Stones, and Porosphaera Beads'. Herbert Toms...

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Bervie Brow (Folklore by Rhiannon)

"Bervie Brow," so called, is a promontory on the north side of the Bervie stream, and its very existence seems to bar any extension of the railway to the north. Another name of the "Brow" is "Craig...

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